GWX 2.0 Thanks Ducimus you saved my butt!!

Shoopzee · 03-19-08, 07:43 PM

Just want to say thanks to Ducimus for posting your thread on dealing with the AI. I love the GWX 2.0 mode (well I don't like the Klaxon sound, and I think the moon is a little too big. But these are my only grips), great gameplay. I finished my first career, and made it only to my second patrol and was KIA'ed on Dec 24th, 1939, for getting too greedy. I spent two weeks in foul weather, and had not found a single ship to sink on route to the western approaches. With fuel reserves low, I recieved a radio update of a close Convoy heading to England. When I finially intercepted, I had only 120m under my keel. I hit the convoy, sinking a large and small merchant, but was caught on the surface by a DD and a frigate (One of the interesting things about this convoy was it also contained a british submarine, with its crew manning its deck gun), Forced under, and sunk in good order with all hands lost.

I then read Ducimus' thread about the AI, and how it uses passive and active sonar. Good reading, and it saved my can this morning. I was three days into my secend career, Sept. 4, 1939. Hit bad weather off Norway on day two, and was still trying to grope my way through it with visibilty down to perhaps 500-800 m. I recieved a sound contact, and since I'm new to the sound package for the hydrophone (I was a RUB user) I did not recognize the contact as a warship. Basically I was on the same course north of the Orkney's in deep water. While warping at 64x, I bumped into the warship, a black swan, or another frigate. Came out of the fog and plastered me with heavy, fire. My crew is screaming that the boat is taking damage, and as I reached for the escape key, I stopped! Ordered a crash dive, and assembled a damage control team. I was taking on water, in the fore crew quarters, and Torp room, and had also lost both scopes. Anyway I decided to try an save her, and I did. I followed the advice, and just simply slipped away slowly at 100 rpm's. I also think the rough seas (winds 15) and 200m of water above helped. What a feeling, pumping the water out, repairing the damage inside, and saving my boat. One thing that lingers though is what did I run into in the fog, it had to be a battle group! I'm playing at 80% realism roughly, and have my external view enabled. Within 10 minutes of my crash dive, I had 1 frigate, and 5 DD's looking to sink my fragile boat. What a tense trip, just surviving this with members advice was an unforgettable experience. Great game, great mod. Cheers Ted.

03-19-08, 07:43 PM	#1
Shoopzee Seaman Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 36 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	GWX 2.0 Thanks Ducimus you saved my butt!! Just want to say thanks to Ducimus for posting your thread on dealing with the AI. I love the GWX 2.0 mode (well I don't like the Klaxon sound, and I think the moon is a little too big. But these are my only grips), great gameplay. I finished my first career, and made it only to my second patrol and was KIA'ed on Dec 24th, 1939, for getting too greedy. I spent two weeks in foul weather, and had not found a single ship to sink on route to the western approaches. With fuel reserves low, I recieved a radio update of a close Convoy heading to England. When I finially intercepted, I had only 120m under my keel. I hit the convoy, sinking a large and small merchant, but was caught on the surface by a DD and a frigate (One of the interesting things about this convoy was it also contained a british submarine, with its crew manning its deck gun), Forced under, and sunk in good order with all hands lost. I then read Ducimus' thread about the AI, and how it uses passive and active sonar. Good reading, and it saved my can this morning. I was three days into my secend career, Sept. 4, 1939. Hit bad weather off Norway on day two, and was still trying to grope my way through it with visibilty down to perhaps 500-800 m. I recieved a sound contact, and since I'm new to the sound package for the hydrophone (I was a RUB user) I did not recognize the contact as a warship. Basically I was on the same course north of the Orkney's in deep water. While warping at 64x, I bumped into the warship, a black swan, or another frigate. Came out of the fog and plastered me with heavy, fire. My crew is screaming that the boat is taking damage, and as I reached for the escape key, I stopped! Ordered a crash dive, and assembled a damage control team. I was taking on water, in the fore crew quarters, and Torp room, and had also lost both scopes. Anyway I decided to try an save her, and I did. I followed the advice, and just simply slipped away slowly at 100 rpm's. I also think the rough seas (winds 15) and 200m of water above helped. What a feeling, pumping the water out, repairing the damage inside, and saving my boat. One thing that lingers though is what did I run into in the fog, it had to be a battle group! I'm playing at 80% realism roughly, and have my external view enabled. Within 10 minutes of my crash dive, I had 1 frigate, and 5 DD's looking to sink my fragile boat. What a tense trip, just surviving this with members advice was an unforgettable experience. Great game, great mod. Cheers Ted.